The 2024 #SomethingBookishReadingChallenge - hosted by lipglossmaffia

A Book By An East African Author
East African countries- Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia and Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Authors in the diaspora are valid entries. 
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The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

The City of Brass

The Daevabad Trilogy #1

S.A. Chakraborty

20 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Warsan Shire

80 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Nnaabagereka by Queen Sylvia Nagginda Luswata

The Nnaabagereka

Queen Sylvia Nagginda Luswata

320 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography
Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Memory of Departure

Abdulrazak Gurnah

159 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Joyful Song of the Partridge by Paulina Chiziane

The Joyful Song of the Partridge

Paulina Chiziane

240 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Warsan Shire

38 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Whisper in the Jungle by Robert Mwangi

Whisper in the Jungle

Robert Mwangi

212 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction
Silence Is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia

Silence Is My Mother Tongue

Sulaiman Addonia

208 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced
Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed

Your Wish Is My Command

Deena Mohamed

528 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy graphic novel emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Equipoise: 2020 Anthology of the Nairobi Writing Academy by Makena Onjerika

Equipoise: 2020 Anthology of the Nairobi Writing Academy

Makena Onjerika

missing page info • first pub 2020 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced